17 Related Articles from 2019-01-09

‘Blame culture’ Oxfordshire health services 'improving'. Oxfordshire NHS and care services for people over 65 are working better together, a watchdog says. >>

Dr Lynda Lynch appointed as new NHS Grampian chairwoman. Dr Lynda Lynch replaces Prof Stephen Logan, who completed his four-year term at the end of last year. >>

Horror as giant RAT is spotted crawling around an NHS maternity wing. The rodent was pictured sniffing about on a basement corridor at Lincoln County Hospital on Saturday. The hospital said it was investigating the sighting. >>

Hospital patients who smoke or drink to be helped to quit. They will be given targeted advice in order to reduce ill health as well as demands on the NHS. >>

Mothers and fathers will be offered mental health support for two years after their child is born. The announcement comes off the back of a new NHS strategy to plan how to use a £20.5billion a year funding boost. >>

NHS long-term plan: Are there enough staff to make it happen?. The health service has published a plan for the next 10 years. >>

NHS manager 'swindled four months of sick pay and was caught out showjumping'. Elise David, 33, (pictured) from Porthcawl is accused of competing in four showjumping events while receiving sick pay for back pain relating to an injury sustained when she fell off a horse in 2016. >>

Prostate cancer breakthrough to save your sex life. Thousands of NHS prostate cancer patients could soon benefit from an experimental form of radiotherapy that blasts tumours with pinpoint precision. >>

The Papers: NHS 'gene revolution' and Rooney arrest. The government's 10-year-plan for the NHS - which is published on Monday - features on several front pages. >>

The Papers: NHS video appointments and staffing shortage. The government's 10-year health plan makes the front of many of Tuesday's front pages. >>

Weybridge Surrey NHS doctor consultant banned from driving for looking at her phone. Pandora Vesely, 55, of Weybridge, Surrey was on her way to watch one of her daughters play sport in September last year when she was clocked by a police car looking at her mobile phone. >>